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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5207-5208, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5207-5208.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Human Herpesvirus 8 in a Population of Renal Transplant Recipients at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital

S. Delorme,1 I. Houde,1,2 and L. Deschênes1,3*

Microbiology Laboratory,3 Renal Transplant Unit, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec,2 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Department of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada1

Received 31 March 2003/ Returned for modification 9 June 2003/ Accepted 11 August 2003

We conducted a seroepidemiologic study to determine the prevalence of anti-human herpesvirus 8 antibodies in a renal transplant population at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital. Testing for immunoglobulin G antibodies against lytic and latent antigens was performed on serum samples from 150 renal transplant patients. Human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma were used as positive controls. None of the renal transplant patients tested positive.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Hôtel-Dieu de Québec—CHUQ, 11 côte du Palais, Québec G1R 2J6, Canada. Phone: (418) 691-5131. Fax: (418) 691-5457. E-mail: louise.deschenes{at}chuq.qc.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5207-5208, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5207-5208.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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